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Federico's avatar
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13 billion in 6 days.

The Italian public healthcare budget is 136 billion for the year 2025 for 60 million people: equivalent to €7/day per inhabitant (yes, only €7/day, this is the magic of economies of scale).

If you assume the cost is the same, it means 5 days of universal healthcare for each USA citizen. Whatever the pathology, from an insulin pen to a heart transplant.

John McNellis Rich's avatar

It's a dern useful & shareable tool. Thank you.

Roy Rathbun's avatar

Are all the ~130m households tax paying? Is the burden a bit more for tax paying households?

Bryan C. Del Monte's avatar

The calculation is based on those who pay taxes according to the IRS records.

Mark Holtshousen's avatar

It needs to be presented as a graph with the timeline on the x-axis.

Doug Morse's avatar

Looks like we misunderestimated Iran.